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Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto, ON
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“This is a brilliant and vibrant biography with the narrative momentum of a great novel. It’s a remarkable story, well told, beautifully conceived, and rich with learning.” –Jay Parini, Axxin Professor of English at Middlebury College, poet, novelist and biographer of, among others, Gore Vidal, Robert Frost and John Steinbeck
An engrossing biography of a New Englander who became a princess, made literary history, and helped create Ninfa, Italy’s most romantic garden. Based on extensive original research, An American Princess celebrates Marguerite Chapin Caetani’s impressive accomplishments and legacy.
During a 30-year career, Laurie Dennett researched and wrote eight corporate histories in the City of London. She raised nearly £300,000 internationally for multiple sclerosis research through her pilgrimages on foot to Santiago de Compostela, Rome and Jerusalem. She lives in the province of Lugo, Galicia, where she continues to write and translate, and to administer the first and only ‘Quiet Garden’ in Spain.
In An American Princess, Laurie Dennett relates the remarkable story of a New England girl whose wealth, intelligence, and charm took her to the heart of aristocratic and intellectual Europe. Marguerite Chapin... Read more >